Turn signal problem

[David Hale]

I have a turn signal problem, where the turn signals are causing the 12v system to sag quite a bit. I made a post about it on 914world, here...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=275261&st=0#entry2296869

The last post has a link to a video showing the symptom. Has anyone here ever seen this? Thanks, Dave.

[Peter Thompson]

Hi Dave,

I asked Sean Molloy about a similar problem, and he mentioned that the lamp seats (where the lamp plugs in) can get corroded over time, and allow shorting to take place - hence the big current draw. I'm going to try cleaning the connections where the bulbs plug in and see if that fixes my problem.  I may have to replace them (if possible).

Cheers, Peter

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[David Hale]

Good idea, I'll check that out!

As I mentioned in the 914world post, the draw was lessened after I reseated the terminals to the turn signal indicator lamps in the tach. I suspect doing that a couple of times cleaned them off a bit.

[Peter Thompson]

Try pulling the plastic seat out, removing all the wires lamps, and seeing if there is anything other than open circuits.